Remedios desesperados: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
Desperate Remedies
Las 40 palabras que Thomas Hardy repite una y otra vez en «Remedios desesperados» y que no están entre las 4.000 más comunes del inglés. Apréndelas antes y los primeros capítulos se leerán mucho mejor. Cada una lleva su pronunciación, su traducción y una frase del libro.
till/ˈtɪɫ/hasta que133 veces en el libro
Glimpses of the sea now interested them, which became more and more frequent till the train finally drew up beside the platform at Budmouth.
steward/ˈstuɝd/administrador, apoderado, gestor112 veces en el libro
‘Those are, more properly, a land or building steward’s duties—at least I have always imagined so.
maid/ˈmeɪd/doncella, señorita60 veces en el libro
Sweet, sweet Love must not be slain thus, was the fair maid’s reasoning.
rector/ˈɹɛktɝ/rector55 veces en el libro
There’s the rector, Mr. Raunham—he’s a relation by marriage—yet she’s quite distant towards him.
whilst/ˈwaɪɫst/mientras, mientras que49 veces en el libro
During her entry, and at various times whilst sitting in her seat and listening to the reader on the platform, her personal appearance formed an interesting subject of study for several neighbouring eyes.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/instante47 veces en el libro
An instant of doubling forward and sideways, and he reeled off into the air, immediately disappearing downwards.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/hablar o emitir un ruido bajo e indistinguible42 veces en el libro
When she had done murmuring the words her father indecisively laid hold of one of the scaffold-poles, as if to test its strength, then let it go and stepped back.
porter/ˈpɔɹtɝ/mozo, porteador, cargador39 veces en el libro
She asked one of the porters if he could find a lad to go with her and carry her bag: he offered to do it himself.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/después, consecuentemente, en seguida38 veces en el libro
It was the last hour of experience she ever enjoyed with a mind entirely free from a knowledge of that labyrinth into which she stepped immediately afterwards—to continue a perplexed course along its mazes for the greater portion of twenty-nine subsequent months.
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/apenas, difícilmente37 veces en el libro
Thus Ambrose Graye’s good intentions with regard to the reintegration of his property had scarcely taken tangible form when his sudden death put them for ever out of his power.
madam/ˈmædəm/señora36 veces en el libro
‘No, madam; in the next room.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/consultar, inquerir, inquirir35 veces en el libro
he inquired.
advertisement/ˌædvɝˈtaɪzmənt/anuncio, publicidad, reclamo35 veces en el libro
The same day Cytherea drew up and sent off the advertisement appended:—
postman/ˈpoʊsmən/cartero32 veces en el libro
At breakfast time, just as Cytherea had again seen the postman pass without bringing her an answer to the advertisement, as she had fully expected he would do, Owen entered the room.
railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/ferrocarril, vía férrea, carril ferrovial28 veces en el libro
‘He’s gone across to the railway station, for certain,’ said another passenger.
fancy/ˈfænsi/la imaginación28 veces en el libro
… who had always sadly needed her, was already definitely pictured in her fancy, which …
parish/ˈpæɹɪʃ/parroquia, congregación28 veces en el libro
‘Tis jest the house for a nice ghastly hair-on-end story, that would make the parish religious.
maiden/ˈmeɪdən/doncella, señorita27 veces en el libro
Among these later ones came an exceptional young maiden who glowed amid the dulness like a single bright-red poppy in a field of brown stubble.
softly/ˈsɔfɫi/inaudiblemente, silenciosamente27 veces en el libro
The young man softly followed her, stood opposite the house and watched her come into the upper room with the light.
indoors/ˈɪnˌdɔɹz/dentro24 veces en el libro
I must go indoors now.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/exclamar24 veces en el libro
she exclaimed.
spite/ˈspaɪt/despecho, ojeriza24 veces en el libro
In spite of evasions as an obstacle, and in consequence of them as a spur, he would put the matter off no longer.
heap/ˈhip/montón, pila, cúmulo23 veces en el libro
… grindstones, heaps of building stone and brick, explained that the spot was the centre of operations for the building work done on the estate.
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/ocultar, esconder, absconder23 veces en el libro
… Miss Aldclyffe might perhaps have taken her into the household; yet her history she particularly wished to conceal from a stranger.
faint/ˈfeɪnt/deliquio, desmayo, patatús23 veces en el libro
“I have never heard that name mentioned since that time till to-night, and then there instantly rose to my eyes the vision of that young lady lying in a fainting fit.”
dread/ˈdɹɛd/temer22 veces en el libro
… blinding herself to its meaning and only natural tendency, and appearing to dread his announcement of them.
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/coche, carruaje, calesa22 veces en el libro
The carriage of her head—motion within motion—a glide upon a glide—was as delicate as that of a magnetic needle.
linger/ˈɫɪŋɝ/demorar, perdurar, permanecer22 veces en el libro
Cytherea lingered till the very last, reluctant to follow, and looking alternately at the boat and the valley behind.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/agrisar21 veces en el libro
She wore an elegant dark jacket, lavender dress, hat with grey strings and trimmings, and gloves of a colour to harmonize.
countenance/ˈkaʊntənəns/rostro, faz, semblante21 veces en el libro
There was a severity about the lower outlines of the face which gave a masculine cast to this portion of her countenance.
manor/ˈmænɝ/casa solariega, casal, pazo21 veces en el libro
‘No; that’s the old manor-house—or rather all that’s left of it.
lodge/ˈɫɑdʒ/caseta21 veces en el libro
She was to take up her abode in her brother’s lodging at Budmouth, when she would immediately advertise for a situation as governess …
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/recoger, buscar, ir a buscar21 veces en el libro
I am going to fetch her,’ said the attendant.
continually/kənˈtɪnjuəɫi/continuadamente, continuamente21 veces en el libro
thought Owen continually.
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/color19 veces en el libro
Placid flocks of sheep reclining under trees a little way off appeared of a pale blue colour.
gloom/ˈɡɫum/tristeza19 veces en el libro
I never forget that original disheartening blow, and how that from it sprang all the ills of his life—everything connected with his gloom, and the lassitude in business we used so often to see about him.’
utter/ˈətɝ/completo, absoluto, perfecto19 veces en el libro
… the beautiful things of the earth become more dear as they elude pursuit; but with some natures utter elusion is the one special event which will make a passing love permanent for ever.
interval/ˈɪntɝvəɫ/intervalo19 veces en el libro
… and thriving shopkeepers, in their intervals of leisure, stood at their shop-doors—their toes hanging over the edge of the step …
curiosity/ˌkjʊɹiˈɑsəti/curiosidad19 veces en el libro
… whenever occasion allowed, at Mrs. Morris with great interest and curiosity, to discover …
ruin/ˈɹuən/ruina19 veces en el libro
‘And once mamma said that an excellent woman was papa’s ruin, because he did not know the way to give her up when he had lost her.
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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